turn back the powers of darkness
The Chinese idiom, Pinyin is l ì w ǎ Nku á NGL á n, which refers to trying to save a dangerous situation and turn things around. From Jin Xue Jie by Han Yu of Tang Dynasty.
Analysis of Idioms
[synonym] turn the tide, mainstay [antonym] can't support, can't do
The origin of Idioms
Han Yu's "Jin Xue Jie" in Tang Dynasty said, "if you block all rivers to the East, you will return to the raging tide and fall."
Idiom usage
In this paper, the author analyzes the relationship between the heaven and the earth and the important person. Qiu Fengjia's two poems of song Fu rhyme
Chinese PinYin : lì wǎn kuáng lán
turn back the powers of darkness
give one's authority to others. dào chí tài ē
as an understanding wife and loving mother. xián qī liáng mǔ
shrink back from difficulties. wàng fēng xī xīn
to eat in different ways -- different ways of aggression. jīng tūn cán shí
speak the same with one's thought. xīn kǒu xiāng yīng
each improves by association with the other. zhū lián bì hé
put out a fire and shake the boiling. jiù huǒ yáng fèi